<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://multiculturalcenter.osu.edu/events.aspx/2017/1/20/56038/i-too-am-america?d=8">http://multiculturalcenter.osu.edu/events.aspx/2017/1/20/56038/i-too-am-america?d=8</a><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong style="color:rgb(187,0,0)">Time: </strong><span class="gmail-date" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, January 20, 2017</span> <span class="gmail-time" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">10:00 AM - 5:00 PM</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong style="color:rgb(187,0,0)">Location: </strong>Alonso Family Room, Ohio Union</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">"I, Too, Am America" Inaguration Day 2017 is a one-day event set to (re)inspire, organize and empower the Ohio State community as we enter a New Chapter in American history. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Events:</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Brush and Brunch -- 10 - 11:30 a.m.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Come take part in our "I, Too, Am America" community mural project and prepare for the day with breakfast treats, coffee and tea.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Welcome -- 11:30 a.m.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Watch and Wonder -- 12 - 3 pm.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Watch live footage of the presidential swearing ceremony and inauguration day parade.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Reflection Room -- 12 - 3 p.m.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">In the Round Meeting Room, come to pause, reflect and share.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Teach-Ins -- 12 - 3 p.m.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Teach-ins aim to address the important questions on what this country needs and how we get there. Conducred by university graduate students, staff and faculty.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">"I, Too, Am America" Poetic Justice -- 3:30 - 5 p.m.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Come to inspire and b e inspired by local performing spoken word artists. Also learn how to cultivate your own poetic voice. Pizza and refreshments provided.</p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Lynn M. Itagaki, Ph.D.</span><br></div><div dir="ltr">Associate Professor<br>Departments of English and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies<br>Program in Asian American Studies<br>The Ohio State University<br>Columbus, OH 43210<br><a href="mailto:itagaki.5@osu.edu" target="_blank">itagaki.5@osu.edu</a><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Recent publications: </span><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#990000"><span style="font-size:12.72px"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Racism-Angeles-Rebellion-Burnout/dp/0816699216?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0" target="_blank">Civil Racism: The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion and the Crisis of Racial Burnout</a></i> (<a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/civil-racism" target="_blank">U of Minnesota P</a>, 2016).</span></font></div></div><div>In the media: <a href="http://www.risingupwithsonali.com/civil-racism-the-1992-los-angeles-rebellion-and-the-crisis-of-racial-burnout/" target="_blank">Rising Up with Sonali</a>, KPFK/KPFA </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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